New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-17

the basis OF - s2 and a sell for long
and short sterling The Importation OF foreign
use continues on liberal scale, but exports OF prod
ucts since the new year came In showing creator
gans.we speak Of the whole country and
turb the foreign investment holdings the speculative
holdings are insignncan OF American securities the for
further advances.
In commercial and mercantile circles there 10 nothing
trade and manufactures operations the week have
pcen onewnat retarded by strikes among unsked Ia
that purely local affair ooctins consumers in New
anu brookyn and only affecting that class of con
% NO ~ the same time pay higher price for their
strikers In word the coat aborrrs strike OF last
insnes 70 tue aboring classes OF Now York better IL
iisraon OF doubecdged sword than they ever before
nsa presented to them They voluntarily contribute to
labor compel them-the laborers Of New-York-
fuel Ghs 1o na ,hH or two price: for shS,
In general busnessn the foreign demand for our prod
nrS' III manuiactures, in tho growing capacity OF our
own people 10 consume and Ia the greater activity Of all
our only made further I'd but gave
more confident promises.
stuns were irregular and fuctuating within narrow
ranges There was hesitation In the bull movement. but
ports OF cotton for the weekwhole connry-aggregated
163 80? bales against sl55 bales for the corresponding
far as new business is concerned This, howevcr only
tne Of the large contracts for future de-
have soo&Sa *h SoS. S SsS i IN Gs AZ
tho sS4s at full aSu sss %a
ID so OF large quantities OF the various kinds
At the Stock Exchange the markets generally wore
dun ana speculation was waiting upon events or their
shadows Government bonds made recoveries from
them was - small that thore little significance In the
quotations Railway bonds generally were only moder-
York Chicago and St Louis issues sere special features
because OF tho well authenticated statement that the
gso hS and 'Hss
advances upon their figures OF week ago.
IN ae snare market the general speculation 70 large
bi not upon its passage or rejection but upon the
point of time when it's disposition would finally be do
as opinions changed concerning Its reaching final vote
In the Senate during the week The transactions for the
ia for the preceding week but OF last weeks business
Richmond and West Point contributed 459O4l shares,
the remainder OF tho list only about 100000 shares
me response OF the market to the passage OF the
predictions OF what occur In that event Yeser
dayal thai asairiay-was the most active day OF the
week. ana prices not only for the specially speculative
"fancies' but for the whole list, continued to gain
almost from tho opening figures, so that generally the
large majority Now tn that iH' the ie interstate Com
merce OH Is practically out OF , the way y
flow from not aTaTs 20 OF
Wall Street article has OF these plants which
It Of the servant who being discovered by the mis-
tre.s In baToNysm OF tears and looking at the redhot
stoNc I'd inc question Bessie WHAT ~ tHc
terri Msiame while looking at that stove, ! got
to thinking that perhaps some day l might get
married. and might have baby. and Thought how
dreadful 1t would be II should let my darling fall upon
that redhot stove" IL IL har lines for people who
happen 10 beOn the wrong side OF the market when they
have 10 sophisry left for an argument better
than the Ike OF this story. The stu
alton OF tho market far as the out
standing short interest ia concerned probably little
changed from what was week ago. but the cnc9ur-
aging features for the other side have accumulated dur
Ing the week We print below another batch OF railway
earnings for the first week In January and they IKE inc
reports before printed. almost universally show large
gains on the week OF 1856.
snbioncd usual table giving the highest, lowest
and na prices number Ot shares sod for the week
together with the final prices Of week ago. OF hfty-six
active representative stocks prehxcd by the prices OF
January 10, 1886: